Lat. In old English law . By ring and staff, or crozier. The symbolical mode of conferring an ecclesiastical investure. 1 Bl. Comm. 3 78, 370.

Lat. By the year. A phrase still in common use. Ramsdell v. llulett. 50 Kan. 440, 31 Pac. 1002; State v. McFotridge. 04 Wis. 130, 24 N. W. 140; Ilaney […]

L. Pr. For or during another’s life; for such period as another person shall live.

Lat. In the civil law . By turning away. A term applied to that kind of sale where the goods are taken in bulk, and not by weight or measure, […]

L. Fr. By the mouth; orally. 3 How. State Tr. 1024.

Lat. By the heads or polls; according to the number of individuals: share and share alike . This term, derived from the civil law, is much used in the law […]

The total debt owed by the country divided by the total population of the country. It checks how much money a citizen must pay in order to overcome the debts […]

The total income of the country, divided by the total popluation of the country. It is not the average income but provides a clear indicator of the living standards of […]

A term used in health insurance to calculate the amount that must be lessened from every claim that is paid to the insured party.

An abbreviation of the Latin “per vent am,” meaning by the hundred, or so many parts in the hundred, or so many hundredths. See Blakeslee v. Mansfield. 00 111. App. […]

Lat. By consequence ; consequently . Yearb. M. 9 Edw. III. 8.

Lat. In old practice. By the consideration (judgment) of the court. Yearb. M. 1 Edw. II. 2. PER CURIAM. Lat. By the court. A phrase used in the reports to […]

the name that is given to the opinion that is rendered by a court where there is more than one judge.

1. A Latin phrase for each day. 2. A payment made for a days work, not paid weekly or monthly but daily.

A policy for business interruption in which in case a business’ daily activities are interrupted, an insurance will cover a certain, specified amount until the business reopens.

Lat. By the same. This phrase is commonly used to express “by, or from the mouth of, the same judge.” So ” per eundem in cad em” means “by the […]

Lat. In old practice. At length.

L. Lat. In English law . By the form of tlie gift; by tlie designation of the giver, and not by the operation of law . 2 Bl. Comm. 113, […]

Lat. By fraud. Where a plea alleges matter of discharge, and the replication avers that the discharge was fraudulently obtained and is therefore invalid, it is called a “replication per […]

Lat. Through inadvertence . 35 Eng. Law & Eq. 302.

Lat. In old English law . By human industry. A term applied to the reclaiming or taming of wild animals by art, industry, and education. 2 Bl. Comm. 391.

Lat. By misadventure . In- criminal law . homicide per in- fortunium is committed where a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 […]

Lat. By the law of England; by the curtesy. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54,

Lat. By the law of the land ; by due process of law . U. S v. Kendall. 20 Fed. Cas. 74S; Appeal of Ervine, 10 Pa. 203. 55 Am. […]

L. Lat. In old English law . By metes and bounds .